Gaerea are a bad who just keep continuing to impress, their live performances rule and they make big leaps forward with every new album release, but can they keep it up on their new album Coma, out on Friday 25th of October through Season of Mist Join your boys Sonny and Gary to see what they thought about it! Follow us on the socials! https://discord.gg/nSjP3A8bRy https://www.instagram.com/theheavyistpodcast/ https://twitter.com/TheHeavyist https://www.facebook.com/TheHeavyist/ https://www.tikt...
Oct 25, 2024•19 min•Ep. 249
This week on the show is MASSIVE for your boys as one of our collective favourite bands release their 7th studio album, YES Fit For An Autopsy, one of the most consistently amazing bands in modern metal release 'The Nothing That Is' on Friday 25th of October through Metal Blade Records can they keep it up? Can they continue to improve? Join us and see what we thought Follow us on the socials! https://discord.gg/nSjP3A8bRy https://www.instagram.com/theheavyistpodcast/ https://twitter.com/TheHeavy...
Oct 23, 2024•22 min•Ep. 248
WE'RE BAAAAACK! Reconvening to worship at the altar of radness once again Gary has been on holiday so OF COURSE we had to talk about the breakfast buffet then it's a huge bag of riffs and records released in October so far that we have been jamming including Vomit Forth, Immortal Bird, Weeping, Devenial Verdict, Promise Breaker, Black Pegasus, Infant Annihilator, Candy and Disentomb Was a really nice chance to catch up before ALL the albums come out next week if you like what you see click the s...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 247
WHAT A WEEK FOR THE RIFF!! 2 of the biggest names in the modern death metal landscape are BOTH releasing records this week so we had to get in touch with the Death Metal Correspondent himself Tom Cronin from the amazing UK Death Metal crew Celestial Sanctuary! After catching up with him a little bit about his recent wedding and honeymoon we got straight into it! Blood Incantation have always fought to make death metal into high art so is their new record continuing this mission? Undeath have ris...
Oct 03, 2024•48 min•Ep. 246
Welcome back to The Heavyist - It's your weekly dose of the best riffs around with your boys Sonny and Gary. Also joining us is true homie of the show Ross Beagan from the amazing UK Technical Death Metal band Godeater - he gave us some sneaky insight into what's going on in the Godeater camp before joining us in worship at the altar of radness The Black Dahlia Murder release their 10th studio album and their first since the tragic passing of their frontman and Death metal talisman Trevor Strnad...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 245
It's that time again! That's right time to get your dose of weekly worship at the altar of radness this week Gary and Sonny HAD to gather to talk about 2 of our favourite bands from the metalcore scene in 2024, these bands go from strength to strength and they do it on their own terms Kublai Khan release their 6th studio album and show no signs of slowing down 156/Silence have one of the most unique sounds of all of their peers and hopefully it's their time to get recognised for it! Chapters 00:...
Sep 19, 2024•44 min•Ep. 244
It's a big one for us Heavyist Boys - Every Time I Die are one of the single most important bands to us so when Keith's new project Many Eyes put out their debut we had to convene early to discuss it, does it hold up? Are we happy with the direction that he has taken? You'll have to tune in to find out! Also we discuss the return of Linkin Park with their new singer and how we think it will go then in AOR Gary has been listening to some Electro-Punk from Fat Dog and Sonny has found his "in" with...
Sep 09, 2024•43 min•Ep. 243
This week on the show we are putting dinner plates in our earlobes and dying our fringes jet black as we talk about 2 new releases from the world of Deathcore! New Zealand based heavy bastards Depths bring the atmosphere and the groove with their 5th studio album and NEW NEW band The Killing of a Scared Deer from Canada have an EP of throwback deathcore that's going to take years off your life 🖤💀 STAY HEAVY xJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.
Sep 05, 2024•41 min•Ep. 242
We're "MAD FER IT" this week (well Sonny is anyway) as we have yet another stacked bag of riffs to chat about. It's a grindcore party here on the Heavyist as we have 2 hard and fast ragers to talk about NAILS are BACK! Have they managed to keep up the pace after 8 years? Has the completely new line-up had any effect on their ability to level cities with their potent brand of HM2 thick metallic grindcore? I guess you'll have to listen to find out ;) Concrete Winds on paper might appear to be up a...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 241
We're BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK (again) Sonny's been on paternity leave since his offspring joined the world but while the world's youngest Heavyist took a nap we managed to convene to worship at the altar of radness once more and have a good old catch up about amazing new jams and riffs that have also been birthed into the world! We HAD to get together to discuss the frankly outstanding new album from everyone's favourite Egyptologist Technical Death Metal legends - NILE - Gary is a bit of a Nile ...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 240
This week on the show we're a little bit off the cuff - We weren't sure we would be making a show but we managed to pull a belter out of our asses. We discussed the fact that movies are back with the new Deadpool & Wolverine movie then after we finish doing the worlds worst Kermode and Mayo impression we return to the regularly scheduled programming of RIFFS State Faults released a gamechanger in the world of Post Hardcore and Screamo, Gravemind prove that Modern Metalcore still has somethin...
Aug 01, 2024•57 min•Ep. 239
Welcome Heavyists! This week on the show we have 2 absolutely glorious records to discuss, one from the UK Underground and one from some sort of fantasy realm! We must start though with Brutal News! It's always a monumental day in the Heavyist calendar when Fit for an Autopsy announce a new album so we delayed the release of the show this week so we could talk about it - their new single Hostage out now. Also after originally teasing it 4 years ago Glacial Tomb finally announce the release of th...
Jul 26, 2024•48 min•Ep. 238
In what we intend to be a semi-regular episode format here on The Heavyist we dig into "Bandcamp Bangers #2" and bring you some of the best releases we have rummaged up from the underground corners of the Heavysphere Ranging from Canadian Cowboy Noise Rock to absolutely relentless chaotic deathcore we have a bit of something for everyone to discuss in this show also its been a little while since we got hyped about some really exciting high profile upcoming releases so we caught up on new singles...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 237
This week on the show we've got that need... that need for Speed - that's right the much hyped Aussie hardcore band Speed have released their debut record and we have gathered to bask in it's phenomenal glory! Also we are blessed with the debut EP from a wonderful new UK Underground Supergroup VOWER whose debut EP could potentially finally be the thing to put it's members over the top the calibre of releases this week is out of hand - we hope you enjoy joining us to get excited about riffs and w...
Jul 12, 2024•37 min•Ep. 236
We're back now that the internet has stopped conspiring against us to deliver your (normally) weekly dose of worship at the altar of radness, riffs and general mucking about! After general random preambles as usual Gary discussed his trip to look at some riffs from one of the show's favourite bands The Acacia Strain then we talked about one of our most highly anticipated records of the year - the sophomore album from Ohio Death Metal heroes 200 Stab Wounds is finally here and it's a phenomenal s...
Jul 04, 2024•56 min•Ep. 235
After the standard introductory nonsense including Gary complaining about sleep deprivation (again) and Sonny FINALLY getting on the Big Ass Truck with everyone we get into the review of the week. We have to eat some pretty substantial quantities of humble pie when we discuss the fantastic debut record from metalcore upstarts Foreign Hands then we are joined by Zan Greene from Nashville progressive death metalcore band Moru to talk about their insanely good new record, we get into the writing pr...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 234
This week on the show we are back to our regularly scheduled programming of keeping you up to date with all the latest amazing bands and records in the Heavy-Sphere. After we had what might be our first disagreement (that isn't about Kaonashi) we discussed briefly how much fun we had at Fortress Festival and making our first vlog about it then we get into the meat of the week discussing the exceptional new record from New Zealand's Technical Death Metal pioneers Ulcerate and their incredible new...
Jun 13, 2024•49 min•Ep. 233
This week on the show we have got a RIDICULOUS amount to talk about - but before all that we NEED to hear about Sonny's trip to the garden centre... Louisiana Sludge Aficionados Thou are here with a dirgey, rage filled new record that's going to get you bouncing and the one-man Norwegian riff factory that is Vredehammer released a stonker of a record! Brutal News comes in the form of new tracks from Nile, Oranssi Pazuzu, Totally Unicorn and These Streets then we are visited by Chris, Bob and Mal...
May 30, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 232
Welcome back Heavyists new and old, this week on the show we got more riffs to chat about then we know what to do with! After catching up about life, dogs, future offspring and vampires we get stuck right into it Tzompantli are back with their second album and they have LEVELED UP Vale of Pnath are back with an album of retro-futuristic technical blackened death metal that'll take your face off Extortionist return with their first full length since hiatus and we definitely disagree about it... b...
May 24, 2024•48 min•Ep. 231
We're back again with another MASSIVE review, this time from Arizona's death metal heroes Gatecreeper, we convened to talk about how much we absolutely adore this new record in all it's melodeath glory! 00:00 - Intro 09:02 - Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition 🖤💀 STAY HEAVY xJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time.
May 16, 2024•39 min•Ep. 230
This week on the show the kings have returned to show us why they are leading the scene - YES the new Knocked Loose album is upon us and it is absolutely glorious! Sonny and Gary get all misty eyed over how Knocked Looses trajectory as a seminal band continues to unfurl it's a good time to be a Heavyist! thank you for joining us in worship at the altar of radness 00:00 - Intro 10:19 - Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed ToJoin the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy m...
May 08, 2024•36 min•Ep. 229
More riffs than you can shake a HM2 pedal at this week! It's a week chock full of blackened hardcore and death metal as we discuss the powerhouse new album from Terminal Nation, the mosh maelstroms from Crawl and Baron and a really promising EP from new band Scorched Mind also the long awaited return of Brutal News sees your boys discussing new music from 200 Stab Wounds, Vower, Gaerea, Great American Ghost and Monument of Misanthropy It's a week to worship the riff homies! Get involved 00:00 In...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 228
Welcome lovely people to another new episode! Gary is back and ready to chat about some bloody RIFFS! After catching up about his time in Japan - including having a wonderful time going to see Blind Equation in Osaka - we get down to business discussing the best heavy releases of the week: Inter Arma release one of the most incredible blockbuster albums of the year, Full of Hell get back to basics, Glassing release the best soundtrack to bullet-train journeys ever, Dvne go from strength to stren...
Apr 26, 2024•54 min•Ep. 227
00:00 Introduction and Gary's Absence 08:56 Tony's Journey as a Vocalist and Challenges in Live Performances 27:38 The Inspiration Behind the Band's Name 35:59 The Importance of Honesty in Art 48:20 The Power of Restraint: Subtle Menace in Music 01:01:32 The Albums Influences 01:09:40 Challenges and Strategies for Independent Bands 01:19:18 The Growing Market for Heavy and Experimental Music Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the time....
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 226
It's an absolutely packed episode of the show this week! We crammed as much in as we possibly could as Gary is going away for a couple of weeks but couldn't bear the thought missing out on talking about some records that are released while he's away. Greyhaven are set to release an EP of some of their strongest music to date, Replicant continue to defy the conventions of dissonant death metal, Alpha Wolf go full party mode and Necrot bring unfathomable levels of SHRED also as an extra special tr...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 225
Another awesome week of riffs on the show: Show favourite's Boundaries release another absolute worldy of an album Frail Body are one of the sickest screamo/post hardcore bands operating today and their new album is WILD Monolith are some UK homegrown talent who are coming for your head 00:00 - Intro 12:40 - Boundaries - Death is Little More 35:50 - Frail Body - Artificial Bouquet 46:18 - Monolith - Hornet's Nest STAY HEAVY x Join the Discord! It's full of people sharing sick heavy music all the...
Mar 28, 2024•55 min•Ep. 224
This week on the show we are joined by Jim and Dan from UK Sludge Metal legends Mastiff to talk about the release of their new album Deprecipice (released March 22nd through MNRK Heavy) we get into the influences behind the new record, the writing and recording process, as well as important subjects such as the Hull dogging scene we had a lot of fun recording this episode (maybe a little bit too much fun) and the boys were a pleasure to speak with again check out Mastiff on their upcoming UK tou...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 223
Welcome back to another STACKED week of riffs and laughs with ya boys! On the show this week we break our own rules to discuss bouncy techy goodness from Weston Super Maim, Noisy punky Alt-rock from Gouge Away, Bimbo-Violence from BRAT and industrial tinged hardcore from Prisoner STAY HEAVY <3 00:00 Intro 06:56 Western Super Maim - See You Tomorrow Baby 22:51 Gouge Away - Deep Sage 35:28 BRAT - Social Grace 44:07 Prisoner - Putrid | Obsolete 53:48 Any Other RiffnessJoin the Discord! It's full...
Mar 14, 2024•59 min•Ep. 222
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Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 221
It's another monster week on the show as we are Entombed By A Machine - that Machine goes by the name of Tom Cronin from Celestial Sanctuary! We chat about the outstanding new record from Job For a Cowboy, metalcore legends Darkest Hour show the kids how it's done and young, hungry deathcore upstarts Inferious punish us with riffs! In Brutal News we also discuss new singles from Gatecreeper, From A Second Story Window, Couch Slut and Hate Force 00:00 Intro and catching up with Tom 13:55 Job For ...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 220
